This Week in Doctor Who
Week 40: 8-14 Oct 2016 - USA
Saturday 8 October
| 5:30pm EDT Dr Who: Quantum Physicist (Factual) |
| 6:00pm EDT The Trial of a Time Lord (The Ultimate Foe): Part Thirteen |
| 6:30pm EDT The Trial of a Time Lord (The Ultimate Foe): Part Fourteen |
| 7:00pm EDT Time and the Rani: Part One |
| 7:30pm EDT Time and the Rani: Part Two |
| 7:00pm MDT The Ark In Space: Part Three (Repeated: Sun 1:00am MDT) | Dr. Who (Tom Baker discovers a sinister interference with earthlings in suspended animation. Harry: Ian Marter. Sarah: Elisabeth Sladen. Vira: Wendy Williams. Noah: Kenton Moore. Rogin: Richardson Morgan. |
| 9:30pm EDT Tom Baker Movies: Image Of The Fendahl | An 8-million-year-old skull is the subject of experiments. Tom Baker, Louise Jameson. Colby: Edward Arthur. Thea: Wanda Ventham. Ted Moss: Edward Evans. Tyler: Geoffrey Hinsliff. Fendelman: Denis Lill. |
| 10:00pm EDT Tom Baker Movies: The Seeds Of Doom - Part 1 of 2 |
| 10:00pm CDT Tom Baker Movies: The Seeds Of Doom - Part 1 of 2 | Two alien seed pods are found buried in the Antarctic permafrost and the Doctor realises that they are from a Krynoid, a form of plant life that infects and transforms all animal life on planets upon which it becomes established. |
| 10:00pm CDT Tom Baker Movies: The Ribos Operation | The White Guardian gives the Doctor a quest to find the six disguised segments of the Key to Time which, when assembled, will be used to restore the balance of the cosmos. To aid him he is given a new companion, a female Time Lord called Romana, and a tracer device. |
| 11:00pm EDT Tom Baker Movies: Robot | A newly regenerated Doctor joins UNIT in an investigation into the theft of top secret plans and equipment from supposedly secure premises. Sarah discovers that the raids have been carried out by a robot invented by scientist Professor Kettlewell while he was working for Think Tank, a body involved in developing emerging technologies. |
| 10:00pm CDT Tom Baker Movies: The Stones Of Blood | The fourth segment of the Key to Time provokes an identity crisis. Dr. Who: Tom Baker. Romana: Mary Tamm. Count Grendel: Peter Jeffrey. Zaker: Simon Lack. Online listings indicated this broadcast was The Androids of Tara, the WYCC magazine listed it as The Stones of Blood. |
| 10:00pm CDT Underworld: Part One | The Doctor and Leela search for a spaceship carrying colonists and the gene bank of their race. Tom Baker, Louise Jameson. Jackson: James Maxwell. Tala: Imogen Bickford-Smith. Orfe: Jonathan Newth. Herrick: Alan Lake. |
| 10:30pm CDT Tom Baker Movies: The Seeds Of Doom - Part 1 of 2 | Two alien seed pods are found buried in the Antarctic permafrost and the Doctor realises that they are from a Krynoid, a form of plant life that infects and transforms all animal life on planets upon which it becomes established. |
| 11:00pm CDT The Time of the Doctor | "The Time of the Doctor" features the final appearance of Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor and the first regular appearance of Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor. Janna Coleman is featured as the Doctor's companion Clara Oswald. This episode includes several enemies of the Doctor from the Cybermen, Silence, Daleks and Weeping Angels. Oh my! |
| 11:00pm CDT Pertwee Movies: Curse of Peladon | The Doctor and Jo arrive on the medieval planet Peladon, where the Doctor is mistaken for a human dignitary. The Doctor plays along until he discovers a conspiracy to sabotage the planet's attempt to join the Galactic Federation. Compiles episodes 5 through 9 from "Doctor Who" series 9. |
| 11:30pm CDT Tom Baker Movies: The Robots Of Death |
| 11:42pm CDT Tom Baker Movies: The Seeds Of Doom - Part 2 of 2 | Two alien seed pods are found buried in the Antarctic permafrost and the Doctor realises that they are from a Krynoid, a form of plant life that infects and transforms all animal life on planets upon which it becomes established. |
| 11:00pm PDT The Daleks: The Escape (Repeated: Sun 4:00am PDT) |
| 10:00pm AKDT Tom Baker Movies: The Horns Of Nimon (Repeated: Sun 3:00am AKDT) | The Doctor and Romana encounter a spaceship carrying sacrifices to the Minotaur-like Nimon. Tom Baker, Lalla Ward. Pilot: Bob Hornery. Teka: Janet Ellis. |
| 11:30pm PDT The Daleks: The Ambush (Repeated: Sun 4:30am PDT) |
Sunday 9 October
| 12:00pm EDT Voyage of the Damned | The Doctor finds his TARDIS colliding with an interstellar replica of the famous ocean liner Titanic orbiting present-day Earth, during a Christmas party. With the help of a waitress named Astrid (Kylie Minogue) and several passengers, the Doctor must take on the race called the Heavenly Host as the lives of the Titanic crew and those on Earth are in danger. The angels have been tasked with killin... |
| 1:30pm EDT Planet of the Dead |
| 2:30pm EDT The Waters of Mars |
| 3:30pm EDT The End of Time: Part One |
| 4:30pm EDT The End of Time: Part Two |
Monday 10 October
| 12:00am EDT Pertwee Movies: The Daemons - Part 1 of 2 (Repeated: Tue 3:26am EDT) | An archaeologist opens an ancient grave despite a witch's warnings. |
| 9:00am EDT The Snowmen | Christmas Eve 1892 and a chilling menace threatens humankind - but with the Doctor in mourning, it takes old friends and an unorthodox young governess to get him fighting to save the world again. |
| 10:00am EDT The Bells of Saint John | The Doctor's search for Clara brings him to London, where Wi-Fi is everywhere. Humanity lives in a Wi-Fi soup but something dangerous is lurking in the signals, picking off minds and imprisoning them... |
| 7:00pm EDT The Time Warrior: Part Four |
| 7:30pm EDT Invasion of the Dinosaurs: Part One | Shown in black and white. |
Tuesday 11 October
| 9:00am EDT The Rings of Akhaten | On the rings of the planet Akhaten, the Festival of Offerings is in full swing. Clara meets the Queen of Years but something is stirring in the pyramid, and a sacrifice will be demanded. |
| 10:00am EDT Cold War | The Doctor and Clara land on a submarine in 1983 as it spirals into the ocean depths with an alien creature loose. With tempers flaring and nuclear weapons on board, the whole of humanity is at stake! |
| 7:00pm EDT Invasion of the Dinosaurs: Part Two |
| 7:30pm EDT Invasion of the Dinosaurs: Part Three |
| 9:59pm CDT The Time of the Doctor (Repeated: Wed 2:00am CDT) | "The Time of the Doctor" features the final appearance of Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor and the first regular appearance of Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor. Janna Coleman is featured as the Doctor's companion Clara Oswald. This episode includes several enemies of the Doctor from the Cybermen, Silence, Daleks and Weeping Angels. Oh my! |
Wednesday 12 October
| 9:00am EDT Hide | The Doctor and Clara travel to the haunted Caliburn House. Within its walls, a ghost hunting Professor and a psychic search for the Witch of the Well. Her apparition appears, but is she really a ghost? |
| 10:00am EDT Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS | The TARDIS has crashed, Clara is lost inside, and the Doctor has 30 minutes before his ship explodes! |
| 7:00pm EDT Invasion of the Dinosaurs: Part Four |
| 7:30pm EDT Invasion of the Dinosaurs: Part Five |
Thursday 13 October
| 9:00am EDT The Crimson Horror | Something ghastly is afoot in Victorian Yorkshire, as bodies are found with their skin a waxy, glowing red. |
| 10:00am EDT Nightmare in Silver | Hedgewick's World of Wonders: the perfect theme park day out. And ground zero for a deadly silver resurrection. |
| 7:00pm EDT Invasion of the Dinosaurs: Part Six |
| 7:30pm EDT Death to the Daleks: Part One |
| 9:30pm CDT Deep Breath | When the Doctor arrives in Victorian London, he finds a dinosaur rampant in the Thames and a spate of deadly spontaneous combusions. Who is the new Doctor and will Clara's friendship survive as they embark on a terrifying mission into the heart of an alien conspiracy? The Doctor has changed. |